Alpha test for the next stage of addiction begins in August

I don't know about you all, but I sunk an almost shameful amount of hours into Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast. Maybe that's why I'm afraid of what Sega shared at a media briefing today: A trailer for Phantasy Star Online 2. Check it out below, but be wary of its siren-like call!

Of course, we live in a new era right now, as much as that video makes me feel like running to my dreamcast and blowing off the dust like it's some ancient electronic tome. Phantasy Star Online 2 is headed to PC rather than consoles, and the alpha test begins in August.

I can't imagine anything more dangerous than this coming to North America on a platform other than PC. Pray for my social life that it doesn't happen! (Though I'm secretly crossing my fingers that it does.)